Tailor&#39;s kit



l L. ERICKSON.

` TMLORS KIT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l. 192.1.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

LORENCE ERICKSON, OF DAWSON, MINNESOTA.

TAILORS KIT.

l Application led March 1,

Z 10 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, LonENon ERICKSON, a subject of the King of Sweden, who have declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States, residingat Dawson, in the county of Lac-qui Parle and State of.k Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Tailors Kit, of which the following is va' specification.

My invention relates to mechanics tool holding cabinets, and owing to its peculiar design it may be termed a tailors kit, since the object is to provide a tailor with a Very convenient device for holding tools, chalk, threads, buttons, needle cushion, etc., in readyvposition for use.

In the accompanying drawing: Y

Figure 1 is a front elevation Yofmy device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. l

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device on a reduced scale.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1` on a reduced Scale.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation cushion alone.

Referring to the drawingby reference of the needle numerals, 6 designates -a boxshaped base or chest having its rear wall extended upwardly as 7 and provided at the rea-r side of its top with a horizontal wire 8 having` its .ends secured at 9 and its body spaced from the wall and formed with a series oit lupwardly projecting loops 10 upon which the regular button hole twist 11 of different colors may be conveniently hung inthe man* ner shown in Fig. 8.

Secured to the front side of the top of wall is a box 12 divided into any desired number of compartments 13, for holding basting cotton, sewing silk and linen threads of different colors..

In the rear portion of the base 6 I provide f severalcoinpartments 14 'forholding giinps for button holes, of diierent colors. In the front end of the base I place a removable Yspeincation of Letters Patent. f Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

needle cushion 15 (which is removable by lifting it upward, .since it is retained 4between the front end wall 6a ofthe base and the The cushion 15 is formed of wooden strips 19, 20, 21 forming a channel whose open top is covered by a strip of felt 15 having its edges secured to the base -19 by tacks 22.

The coveringielt forms a good cushion fory needles and pins to be placed as 23 in Fig. V5.'

The middle space 24 of thebase is used for keeping thimbles, buttons, scissors and any other articles and tools useful on a tailors table.

What I claim is:

1. A tailors kit comprising a'hollow base y open at the top. and having its rea-r wall extended a considerable distance above the base, a series of compartments open at the top along the Jfront of the upper end of said rear wally, and a wire spaced from the rear side of the top or' they wall and secured with its ends to the wall.

e 2. The Structure specified inclaim 1, said wire having a series ofarches formed 'along its body.

3. The structure specified in claiml 1, and

a series of Vcompartments along thel inner' side of the lower end of saidrear wall.

4. Ihe structure specified lin claimV 3,` and a removable needle cushion along `the inner Iside of the front wall ofthe base,'and a series of narrow pockets along each side wall of the base, extending from the rear wall to said cushion which isthereby vheld yin yits.,

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Iii testimony whereof affix viny signature.

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